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Mapping Problem And Requirements To Solution: Document Analysis Of Senior Design Projects, Shraddha Joshi
Mapping Problem And Requirements To Solution: Document Analysis Of Senior Design Projects, Shraddha Joshi
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Formulating and solving engineering problems and designing solutions that meet the established requirements are important skills that graduating engineering students need to possess. However, there are noticeable gaps in the literature with respect to understanding how the formulation of design problems and establishment of requirements affect the final design solution. This thesis is an initial attempt to understand the influence of level of detail of problem statement and requirements on the level of detail of final solution. In doing so, a document analysis of final reports from senior design class collected over a period of ten years from 1999 to …